Turkey's SCO Perspective: Security and Economic Aspects
Kerim Has USAK Center for Eurasian Studies
14 March 2015
In recent years, the Turkish foreign policy environment has started to discuss the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in a more extensive manner. This increase in discussion is certainly influenced by Turkish President Erdogan’s appeal in the highest level to his Russian counterpart, President Putin, for Turkey to join the SCO. However, the primary and most practical reason for Turkey to be discussing the SCO in regards to foreign policy is that Ankara, keeping its NATO membership and EU candidacy, began to develop its relations with the organisation. The motives behind this new approach by Ankara are based on pragmatic concerns as well as changes in the theoretical framework of its foreign policy implementation.
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